“I was up against all these guys who had much bigger records and a bigger splash. It makes an old girl feel good.” _ 63-year-old singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, who earned her 10th career Grammy in the best Americana album category for “Slipstream,” beating out a field that included Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and The Avett Brothers.

“So he calls me up and he’s like, `I still love you.’ And I’m like, `I’m sorry, I’m busy opening up the Grammys.’” _ Taylor Swift, during her show-opening performance of her Grammy-nominated song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.”